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| 2008 Olympics in Beijing - International Olympic Committee |
Grades 0
to 12
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This official Olympic site supplies historical and current information about Olympic activities and venues. Centered mostly on the 2008 Olympics (August 08-24), it also offers general information about past Olympics. Students may play interactive Olympic games (click on Fun Page at the left).
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Teachers may download a multitude of Olympic posters from this site, as well as view videos promoting this historical Olympics in China. Want to build an Olympics' unit? This site supplies much of the crucial information needed. Whether you are planning fitness or reading incentives or trying to tie your math content to a real-world event, this site will give you the "official" Olympic info you need. |
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| A Race with Grace: Sports Poetry in Motion - IRA /NCTE |
Grades 3
to 5
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Turn the excitement of the Olympics into a meaningful writing assignment. This lesson plan asks students to explore the aesthetic characteristic of athletics, drawing from their own experiences as well as examples in popular media. Thoughts and impressions are recorded in a reflective journal. Using the data as a foundation, students conduct Internet research, view short informative video clips, take digital photographs, and synthesize all of the information into an original cinquain poem. The lesson plan includes IRA/NCTE standards.
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In the Classroom:
Get your students excited about poetry, by using the momentum of sports and the Olympics. Share the video clips on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Use this site to integrate science, sports, and research into your language arts class. |
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| Archaeology's Ancient Olympics Guide - Archaeological Institute of America |
Grades 8
to 12
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This informative site delves into the ancient tradition of the Olympic games and provides brief, but interesting essays on Olympic myths, games for women, and the history behind Olympic competition. There is also a new link all about the cultural heritage of Beijing.
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Use this site for a jigsaw activity on the culture importance of the festival of Olympia in ancient Greek society. Have students work with partners and read the interviews about Beijing. |
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| Ballparks of Baseball - |
Grades 4
to 12
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Here is a tribute to baseball as an essential part of American culture. Learn everything you every wanted to know about each of the Major League ballparks, from seating charts to attendance figures, to the history behind former ballparks, you’ll find it here. The site does include some minor advertisements. This site requires Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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In the Classroom:
Gearing up for baseball season? Share this site with your students in history, physical education, or other relevant classes. |
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| BaseballLibrary.com - The Idea Logical Company, Inc. |
Grades 6
to 12
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Users will find lots of detailed baseball history at this nicely written site. There are dozens of links to historical events, biographies, team histories, and statistics. Those interested in baseball as part of American history can find much to enjoy at this one. You can even find "this date in baseball history" trivia.
Be aware: this site has many advertisements. Portions of this site require Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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In the Classroom:
Have cooperative learning groups explore various sections of this site. Have the groups create a multi-media presentation: wiki, blog, video, or PowerPoint. |
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| Beeline TV - Beeline Software Express |
Grades 1
to 12
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This online TV resource offers instant streaming of TV news, sports, music, and cultural programs from up to 400 different countries in many languages. With a Windows Media Player or other player (downloading directions given at the site), teachers can have television on classroom computers instantly. Foreign language teachers can show programs featuring their language group. English language TV comes from the U.S. and the U.K. Some examples of “TV” places include Dubai, France, Jordan, Kuwait, Japan, Korea, China, Poland, Denmark, Russia, and countless others.
Be sure to preview stations and programs to be certain the offerings are appropriate for your classrooms and student ages. International students will enjoy the opportunity to check out news and other events from their original countries. Some of the European TV sites offer bilingual programming; English language summaries often accompany the news in many languages.
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Add interest to a foreign language class by checking out the news in your target language using this site. Supplement language study with cultural opportunities by using the music sites. During major world events, compare news coverage from different English-speaking sites to see the different angles provided from different cultures. As you read stories or study customs from other lands, use this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to share a taste of the world with your elementary students. If your school has a student handbook or special supplement for international students, recommend this site as a way to check the news and cultural happenings from their first countries. All students will enjoy coverage of international sporting events. |
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| Body and Mind - Centers for Disease Control |
Grades 4
to 8
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This site takes the notion of "fitness made simple" to a new level. This Centers for Disease Control site provides a wealth of resources for children looking to maintain healthy and fit lifestyles. With resources on healthy snacking habits, an activity planner, and a quiz to help analyze your fitness level, this site helps make fitness, safety, and disease prevention fun for kids. There is also a teachers’ corner for help integrating these activities into the classroom. The site requires FLASH. Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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| Brainslider - Hoadworks, Inc. |
Grades 8
to 12
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Students must grab a partner, choose a category, and test their knowledge with these interactive games that touch upon trivia related to historical dates, literature and writers, sports, and more.
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| CalcEnstein - Blaine Hilton |
Grades 5
to 12
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Looking for different types of calculators? Find them on this interesting site. Choose a button on the calculator corresponding to the subject. Examples of subjects include Medicine, Algebra, Weather, Phonics, Financial, HVAC, Engineering, Weather, and Rocketry to name a few. After the subject is chosen, click on a formula to enter values. Some of the topics offer reference information, not calculations. This is definitely an interesting site to peruse.
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There are many different calculators for students to explore as ways to apply math in real world situations. For example, choose weather and then wind chill. Enter the information and wind chill will be calculated. Enter the information, view the calculated answer, and then have students determine how it is actually calculated. This site is a great find for gifted students to use to further investigate specific topics beyond your “regular” classroom content. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students work with a partner to explore various “buttons” on this interactive calculator. Have the groups create multimedia presentations to share their findings or demonstrate them on the whiteboard as advertisements or infomercials! Have students create online posters on paper or do it together as a class using a tool such as Project Poster (reviewed here or PicLits (reviewed here. |
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| Calendar Hub - |
Grades 0
to 12
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Teachers and students in any subject can use this TeachersFirst Edge tool for slightly adventurous technology users. This online calendar maker allows users (must register---for free)to create and edit online calendars with your own events and including local events (if you wish). Save paper by publishing your classroom calendars online using this free tool! Schools and teachers can use it to share upcoming important events. Classroom teachers and students can use it to plan long-term projects. Groups working on collaborative projects can share a calendar with to-do list and deadlines telling which person is responsible. Teach organizational skills to your students by modeling the tool in class and telling both parents and students about it. Middle schoolers just beginning to take responsibility for their own time management will enjoy creating their OWN calendar instead of being told what to do.
See a sample (look at June, 2007). Notice that there is not a clutter of advertising.
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Skills needed: Join the site (requires an email address, so this is not suitable for younger children. Consider setting up accounts using the teacher's email). Check out the Help for complete directions or simply play with the tools to make calendar events, share calendars, create groups---perhaps the sections you teach or the groups for projects, publish them, add events, etc.
Get the URL for your calendar by "publishing" it. You can make the calendar shared only between certain CalendarHub members (such as students working on a project). Do not include student names, birthdays, etc. on a fully public calendar unless you use first names only and limit the amount of identifiable information about your school. If students use the CalendarHub for group projects, require them to make theirs shared but not fully public for safety reasons. |
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| Chronic Illnesses and Sports - American Academy of Pediatrics |
Grades 3
to 12
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| DoGo News - DoGo News |
Grades 0
to 10
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Need kid-friendly online news? This safe site, written for kids, by kids, offers news from a younger point-of-view. Written in easy-to-read language, your students will enjoy reading each article. Some of the articles include short video clips. Students may leave brief comments about each article (no login required). All content is approved by an adult editor before being posted. Some difficult words are defined through an integrated dictionary. A map mash-up provides information about geographical context. For intriguing new websites that are kid-friendly, click on the Sites link at the top of the page. (Beware: Even though these sites have been pre-approved, they will take your students outside of this safe site.) Click on Earth to see a 3-dimensional Earth rotating in real geo time, where students can click on articles from around the globe. This site does require Flash. Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Use articles for current events. For a writing assignment, have students study the way these articles were written, then practice writing a similar article about a school or community event. Create a class magazine from the articles. Or better yet, have students create a multimedia presentation using Voicethread reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report. Strengthen reading comprehension by having an ‘article du jour’ on your interactive whiteboard or projector as students arrive. Link this site on your homepage.
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| Games Kids Play - |
Grades 2
to 6
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Good sites for physical education are hard to find, but this collection of rules and descriptions for children’s games should keep physical education teachers well-armed with new challenges for their students.
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| Matt Christopher, Official Author Website - Dale Christopher |
Grades 2
to 8
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Promote guys reading books by visiting this popular author’s website. Boys (and girls) love reading this #1 sports fiction author. At this site, you will find Matt Christopher checklists, a word scramble, posters, a bookmark, a sports quiz, and author information. Matt is the author of over 100 sports books, and kids (especially boys) can’t read enough of them. This site works as a bonus read for M.C. fans. Check out non-fiction biographies of our nation's popular sports figures. Biographies are found at the bottom of the individual sports pages. There is also a link especially for teachers and librarians with downloadable PDF files, a poster, brochure, and other literature materials. Some of the links require Adobe Acrobat. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Encourage fictional sports books by having a Matt Christopher Day. Have students read a M.C. book about their favorite sport. On M.C. Day, students may bring sports memorabilia and enjoy book talks. Perhaps bring in a well-known local sports figure who grew up reading Matt Christopher books. After all, M.C. books have been popular since the mid-fifties. Teachers, find a complete list of individual sports books by using the drop down menu Choose a Sport .
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| NBC Vancouver 2010 - NBC |
Grades 3
to 12
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If you are looking for a general informational site about the 2010 Olympics, this is the site for you! Learn about the sports (alpine skiing, curling, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, and more), view video clips, watch a countdown (with days, hours, minutes and seconds), and more. Be aware this site does include unobtrusive advertisements.
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This is a great site to use for research about the 2010 Olympics. Share the video clips on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have individual students view different video clips and then write about what they learned on your class Olympic Wiki. Not comfortable with wikis? Check out the Teacher’s First Wiki Walk-Through reviewed here. |
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| Newpapers in Education - Capital Newspapers |
Grades 2
to 12
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This wonderful, time-tested collection of lesson plans and activities using local newspapers offers a wide variety of motivating plans including how to use different sections of the newspaper for educational purposes, how to include multicultural programming when reading them, and how to match curricular content with various newspaper activities (Curriculum Guides). Although these activities originally went with WI newspapers, the activities are flexible. A Special Programs section offers timely, short-term projects that correspond with holidays and seasons and current hot topics. One example of an activity for younger children is the Newshounds Activity Guide for grades 4-6, downloadable in pdf format. The goals of this guide include meshing reading, writing, vocabulary development, and understanding the different parts of a newspaper. Other guides are equally well-developed.
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Although some of the lessons described here require actual hard-copy newspapers, many can be adapted for the online versions of newspapers, as well. If your schools does not have the means to receive actual newspapers, consider using this resource or this one to find online papers and conduct some of the same lessons. In the course of the discussion, you will inevitably run into some of the differences between hard copy and online newspapers, a topic of basic information literacy in the 21st century as printed papers are rapidly supplanted by online editions. |
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| Newsround - BBC News for Kids - BBC |
Grades 3
to 8
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This highly-participatory, attractive world news site for kids lets children select all the normal news features like tv/movies, music, weather, sports, animals, sci/tech etc. Students can join the Press Pack and submit their own photos and comments. Under Newsroom, kids have the options of submitting a report they’ve researched and written; it will be displayed on the website! They can also ask for a certain topic to be investigated. Topic suggestions can be found here too. Personal advice columns are totally cyber with one current topic, bullying, available in video webchat format. A message board with current comments runs across the top of the site like a ticker tape. Other interactive features include student voting, blogs, and games. Besides features for students, video clips, quizzes, and educational games comprise some of the offerings for teachers . Requires the RealPlayer G2 Plug in to watch the Newsround videos.
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Note: the site is British, so spelling and topics have a UK slant! Make sure you have parent permission for students to post work to the site, and keep their identities safe by using pseudonyms or initials. Encourage those with Internet access to visit the site with mom and dad to talk about current events together (include the link on your teacher web page). If you are familiar with RSS feeds, this would be a good choice for a first feed. |
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| Olympic Crafts and Fun - Kaboose |
Grades 0
to 5
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Although this site isn't highly interactive, it does offer some theme based printables, crafts, and more. The three main links include: Olympic Crafts (Bingo Cards, Olympic Torch, and others), Sports Printables, and Q & A with Julie Foudy. This site is geared more towards families (and moms in general), but many of the activities would be ideal in the elementary classroom.
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In the Classroom:
List this link on your class website for families to explore at home. Take advantage of the free craft ideas and printables. |
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| Olympic Shadow Boxes - Penny Sexton, Okemah High School; Okemah, OK |
Grades 7
to 12
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Step-by-step, this "plain vanilla" lesson introduces students to library research materials that are underutilized but extremely useful to students. By using them in conjunction with a lesson in English or art class, the students become familiar with them, using sports as the basis. This makes it especially useful for non-college prep students who often find sports more intriguing than other kinds of literature! The site itself is as plain-vanilla as they come.
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One of the advantages of this lesson is its use in collaboration with another teacher (the librarian or media specialist) and its ability to be easily adapted to the individual classroom for your own classes without another teacher. It would work with any subject that interests your students, not limited to the Olympics (try mechanics or skateboarding, for instance). While all the activities are given, it is easily adapted to the individual needs of any classroom and any topic. It also presents collaborative learning in a way that would work with non-academic classes who are often distracted working in groups!
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| Olympic Sports - Vocabulary University |
Grades 4
to 10
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Are you gearing up for a unit about the Olympics? If so, check out this site that combines Olympic information with new vocabulary words. There are word puzzles, a word bank of 30+ words, and tidbits of information about the Olympics. You are able to print the word puzzles. This site does have some basic advertisements.
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In the Classroom:
Use this site to enhance your Olympics lessons. The word bank could easily be used as vocabulary words for students to research on their own. Share the word puzzles on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students attempt to create their own word puzzles about the Olympics or a specific Olympic event.
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